Pocket piece



Sept. 22, 1942. E. L. l -|ALTER ET AL POCKET PIECE Filed June 24, 1940ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 22, 1942 UNiTED STATES PAT ii;-

NT OFFICE POCKET PIECE Emma L. Halter and Ambrose J. Krier, Chicago,111.

3 Claims.

This invention relates in general to a pocket piece and is moreparticularly described as an orn mental pocket piece resembling ahandkerchief folded so that the tips will protrude from a pocket.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pocket piece of thiskind composed of flexible materials which may be laundered or drycleaned.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear in thespecification and will be apparent from the accompanying drawing inwhich:

Fig. 1 is a view of the pocket piece constructed in accordance with thepresent invention;

Fig. 2 shows a blank of one of the tips or corners of the pocket piece;

Fig. 3 illustrates how the blank of Fig. 3 is puckered or drawn to formone of the tips of the pocket piece;

Fig. 4 shows a pocket; and

Fig. 5 a stiffening piece of canvas, buckram or the like, inserted inthe pocket of Fig. 5 into which the projecting tips are inserted and towhich they are attached.

It is common practice at the present time to fold or arrange ahandkerchief so that when inserted in the lapel pocket of a coat thetips will project therefrom in a pleasing array and arrangement. Thisconstitutes a display or pocket piece which is now ordinarily used andit is desirable to keep it in distended or display condition fordecorative purposes rather than to remove it frequently and attempt toreplace it in a pleasing and satisfactory array.

The present invention provides a fixed pocket piece of this kind inwhich a number of tips or projections are provided and arranged in sucha manner as to resemble the folded tips of a handkerchief but with anattached base or holder which is inserted flatly within the pocketwithout forming any objectionable wad or projection therein and is offlexible material, such that it will conform readil to the bendingmovement of the coat or jacket in which the article is placed, and alsomade of suitable material such that it can be cleaned without damage orreuse after it becomes soiled.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, a plurality ofprojections or tips and II, are each formed of suitable fabric such assilk, linen, wool, and the like, as commonly used for handkerchiefs andneckties, and each of these tips, which may vary in size or length, iscomposed of an angular piece or a segment of material [2 as shown inFig. 3, having a pointed exners of a handkerchief and the lower edge I6is puckered or gathered as shown in Fig. 4, to form gathers or shirrs I!with the edges rounded outwardly and downwardly from the tip.

A holder I8 in the form of a rounded pocket is preferably formed bysewing together two similarly shaped pieces by stitches I9 at the edgesand then turning the pocket inside out so that the stitches will be onthe inside. Into this open pocket is inserted a similarly shapedstationary piece 20 of heavy canvas, buckram and the like, which isflexible but will hold the pocket in shape and may also be subjected towashing or dry-cleaning without damage thereto.

Into the open pocket are inserted the shirred tips In and H, theextremities arranged in pleasing array, usually not more than three ofthe tips and one of them projecting above and between the other two, andall of the parts are then fastened tightly in place within the holder byone or more lines of stitching 2| at the top of the holder, thuspreserving the gathering of the tips and holding them in the desiredposition.

In the cutting of patterns for ties, shirts, and other garments, smallpieces are frequently left which can only be used as scrap. The presentinvention provides for utilizing these small corners, segments or piecesmade of the same material of which the ties or other articles are made,thereby providing an exactly matching material which can be made intothe pocket pieces of this invention without any additional cost for thematerial and thus utilizing the scraps which would ordinarily be wasted.It is not necessary that the holder 18 be made of the same material asthis portion of the pocket piece is ordinarily hidden within the pocketwhen it is in use. It is desirable to make this holder of sufiicientlength to extend well within the pocket when in use so that the pocketpiece is not readil dislodged and also to provide a sufficient contactwith the opposite walls of a contact in which it is inserted the pocketpiece may be placed with any desired portion of the tips projecting fromthe pocket, and will be retained in that position by the frictionalengagement of the tips and also of the holder with the pocket in whichit is inserted.

This pocket piece provides a new article of manufacture and merchandiseand when combined with a necktie a combination or set which is desirableas a commercial set and also as a pleasing combination for dress anddecoration.

We claim:

1. A pocket piece comprising a plurality of fabric tips each gathered atthe curved edge opposite the tip, a flexible fabric holder thereforhaving a flat stiffening member therein and open at the top to receivethe gathered ends of the 10 tips, and fastening means binding thegathered tips, the stiffening member, and the top of the holdertogether.

2. A pocket piece comprising a plurality of segmental fabric pieces,each having an angular tip and an opposite curved edge, gathered attheir curved edges, a stiffening holder therefor adapted to be insertedin a pocket, and fastening means for attaching the gathered ends of thefabric pieces to the upper edge of the stiffening with the tips inspaced-apart overlapping relation to resemble the projecting spacedcorners of a folded handkerchief.

3. A pocket piece comprising a plurality of angular fabric pieces, eachgathered along one edge to provide a projecting tip and an oppositeshirred portion, a piece of stiffening fabric such as buckram, a fiatfabric holder into which the buckram is inserted, and stitching throughthe holder stifiening and the shirred ends of the fabric pieces forholding them all together with other.

EMMA L. HALTER. AMBROSE J. KRIER.

